Cetuximab combined with concurrent chemoradiotheray in Chinese patients with unresectable, locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective, multicenter phase II trial.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15030-e15030
Author(s):  
Xue Meng ◽  
Jianhua Wang ◽  
Xindong Sun ◽  
Lvhua Wang ◽  
Ming Ye ◽  
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e15030 Background: This multicenter phase II trial investigated cetuximab add to concurrent chemoradiotherapy for Chinese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods: Patients with unresectable locally advanced cervical, thoracic upper or mid-ESCC were eligible for this phase II trial. All patients received cetuximab (400 mg/m2 day 1 before chemoradiotherapy and 250 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks), paclitaxel (45 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks) and cisplatin (20 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks) with 59.4 Gy of radiation (1.8Gy/33f). The primary end point was response rate. Second end points included toxicity, overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and KRAS mutation status. Results: Forty-five previously untreated patients (36 men, 9 women; median age, 59 year; performance status 0 or 1) with ESCC were treated and evaluated for clinical and radiographic response. After therapy, 29 patients (65%) achieved a complete response, and 15 (33%) patients achieved a partial response, the response rate was 97.7%. Non-hematological adverse events were generally grade 1 or 2, and were most often rash (94.5%), mucositis (58.2%), fatigue (45.5%), nausea (41.8%) and hepatic dyfunction (40%). Hematologic adverse events included grade 3 neutropenia (32.7%) and grade 3 anemia (1.82%). The 1-year PFS and OS rates were 87.3% and 91.1%, 2-year OS were 83.02%, respectively. No mutations were detected at KRAS codons 12 or 13 in all specimens. Conclusions: Cetuximab can be safely administered with chemoradiation for Chinese patients with esophageal cancer and may improve the clinical response rate. KRAS mutations were too rare to be analyzed as a predictor of response. Clinical trial information: NCT00815308.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4073-4073
Author(s):  
Jinming Yu ◽  
Xue Meng ◽  
Jian hua Wang ◽  
Xindong Sun ◽  
Lv hua Wang ◽  
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4073 Background: In China more than 90% of esophageal malignancies are of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We conducted this Chinese multicenter trial to determine the efficacy and safety of the addition of cetuximab with paclitaxel, cisplatin, and concurrent radiation for patients with esophageal SCC and to determine whether KRAS status predicts response. Methods: Patients with unresectable locally advanced cervical, upper or mid-esophageal SCC without distant metastasis were eligible for this open-label phase II trial. All patients received cetuximab (400 mg/m2 day 1 before chemoradiotherapy and 250 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks), paclitaxel (45 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks) and cisplatin (20 mg/m2 q1w × 7 weeks) with 59.4 Gy of radiation. The primary end point was response rate. Second end points included toxicity, overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and KRAS mutation status. Results: Fifty-five patients were enrolled and evaluable to safety. Non-hematological adverse events were generally grade 1 or 2, and were most often rash (94.5%), mucositis (58.2%), fatigue (45.5%), nausea (41.8%) and hepatic dyfunction (40%). Hematologic adverse events included grade 3 neutropenia (32.7%) and grade 3 anemia (1.82%). Ten patients did not complete the protocol therapy (6 for chemotherapy dose delays, 1 for paciltaxel hypersensitivity, 1 by the treating physicians for unstated reasons, 1 for concurrent unrelated infection, and 1 for tracheo-esophageal fistula). The response rate was 97.7%. The 1-year OS and median OS was 87.3% and 16.8 months, the 1-year PFS and median PFS was 30.4% and 13.9 months, respectively. No mutations were detected at KRAS codons 12 or 13 in the 52 available specimens. Conclusions: Cetuximab can be safely administered with chemoradiation for Chinese patients with esophageal cancer and may improve the clinical response rate. KRAS mutations were too rare to be analyzed as a predictor of response.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Lei Zhou ◽  
Chang-Hua Yu ◽  
Wan-Wei Wang ◽  
Fu-Zhi Ji ◽  
Yao-Zu Xiong ◽  
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Abstract Background This retrospective study was to assess and compare the toxicity and efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with S-1 or docetaxel and cisplatin in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods Patients with locally advanced ESCC who received CCRT with S-1 (70 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1–14, every 3 weeks for 2 cycles, S-1 group) or docetaxel (25 mg/m2) and cisplatin (25 mg/m2) on day 1 weekly (DP group) between 2014 and 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. Radiotherapy was delivered in 1.8–2.0 Gy per fraction to a total dose of 50–60 Gy. Treatment-related toxicities (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0), response rate, and survival outcomes were compared between groups. Results A total of 175 patients were included in this study (72 in the S-1 group and 103 in the DP group). Baseline characteristics were well balanced between the two groups. The incidence of grade 3–4 adverse events were significantly lower in the S-1 group than that of the DP group (22.2% vs. 45.6%, p = 0.002). In the DP group, elderly patients (> 60 years) had a significantly higher rate of grade 3–4 adverse events than younger patients (58.1% vs. 31.3%, p = 0.01). The objective overall response rate (complete response + partial response) was 68.1% in the S-1 group, and 73.8% the DP group (p = 0.497). The 3-year overall survival was 34.7% in the S-1 group, and 38.8% in the DP group (p = 0.422). The 3-year progression free survival in the DP group was higher than that in the S-1 group but without significant difference (33.0% vs. 25.0%, p = 0.275). Conclusion CCRT with S-1 is not inferior to CCRT with docetaxel and cisplatin and is better tolerated in in elderly patients with locally advanced ESCC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 350-350
Author(s):  
Masashi Hirota ◽  
Shigeyuki Tamura ◽  
Hirokazu Taniguchi ◽  
Atsushi Takeno ◽  
Hiroshi Imamura ◽  
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350 Background: Paclitaxel is a key drug in second-line chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (AGC) and nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-PTX) is also widely used in Japan. A previous phase II trial in Japan showed the effectiveness of nab-PTX (260 mg/m2) administered every 3 weeks (q3w) in patients with AGC with a response rate (RR) of 27.8%; however, toxicity was major concern with grade ≥3 neutropenia (49.1%) and peripheral neuropathy (23.6%). To solve this problem, we investigated the efficacy and safety of low-dose q3w nab-PTX regimen in AGC. Methods: Eligibility requirements included: aged ≥20 years, HER2-negative, histologically confirmed, unresectable or recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma, one or more prior chemotherapy containing fluoropyrimidine regimens, presence of measurable lesion(s) according to RECIST ver. 1.1, ECOG PS of 0–2, and adequate organ function. Nab-PTX was administered at a dose of 220 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. The primary endpoint was the RR. Secondary endpoints were overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), disease-control rate (DCR), incidence of adverse events, relative dose intensity and proportion of patients who received subsequent chemotherapy. Results: Thirty-three patients were enrolled from 10 institutions in Japan. Of the 32 patients treated with protocol therapy, RR (CR, PR) was 3.1% (95% CI, 0–16.2%), which was not reached the protocol-specified threshold (p = 0.966). DCR (CR, PR, SD) was 37.5% (95% CI, 21.1–56.3%), median OS and PFS were 6.3 months (95% CI, 4.4–14.2) and 2.2 months (95% CI, 1.8-3.1). Relative dose intensity was 97.8% (215 mg/m2). 62.5% of patients received subsequent chemotherapy. Most common grade ≥3 adverse events were neutropenia (38%), anemia (13%), fatigue (19%), anorexia (16%), and peripheral neuropathy (13%). Conclusions: Low-dose regimen of q3w nab-PTX was slightly less toxic, although it did not demonstrate the same effect as the original regimen in response rate. Therefore, it is not recommended for AGC in second or later line setting. Clinical trial information: UMIN 000012701.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4060-4060
Author(s):  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Jinchen Shao ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
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4060 Background: We conducted a phase II trial of preoperative chemotherapy with albumin paclitaxel and carboplatin combined with camrelizumab (NICE regimen), in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) with multiple lymph nodes metastasis. Initial results were analyzed to assess the efficacy and safety of this strategy. Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, open, single arm, phase II trial. Eligible patients were histologically confirmed thoracic ESCC, staged as T1b-4a, N2-3 (≥ 3 stations), and M0 or M1 lymph node metastasis (confined to the supraclavicular lymph nodes) according to the 8th edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer. Patients received neoadjuvant treatment (NICE regimen) with intravenous camrelizumab (200 mg, day 1) plus albumin paclitaxel (100 mg/m2, day 1, 8, 15) and carboplatin (area under curve 5, day 1) of each 21-day cycle, for two cycles before surgery. The primary endpoint is pathological complete response (pCR) rate in the per-protocol population, which included all patients who had tumor resection and received at least one cycle of neoadjuvant treatment. Secondary endpoints include R0 resection rate, adverse events and disease-free survival. Safety was assessed in the modified intention-to-treat population. Results: Of the planned 60 patients enrolled, 55 (91.7%) patients have received the full two-cycles NICE regimen successfully, 4 patients didn’t receive the complete neoadjuvant therapy due to intolerance (3 patients) and drop out (1 patient), 1 patient died due to pneumonia on the second cycle of neoadjuvant therapy. Grade 3-5 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) rate was 53.3% and TRAEs resulting in discontinuation rate was 6.7%. The common grade 3-5 TRAEs included lymphopenia (50%), thrombocytopenia (10%), pneumonia (5%) and thyroid dysfunction (3.3%). At the time of writing, 47 patients underwent surgery within 27-85 days (median 36 days) after NICE treatment, in which 7 patients had delays to surgery due to TRAEs. All patients achieved radical (R0) resection. There was no in-hospital and postoperative 30-day mortality. pCR (ypT0N0) was identified in 20 (42.5%) of 47 patients and 5 (10.6%) patients had complete pathological response of the primary tumor but residual disease in lymph nodes alone (ypT0N+). Conclusions: Preoperative NICE regimen has achieved satisfatory initial results of disease response in locally advanced thoracic ESCC. A phase III randomized controlled trial is required to demonstarate the possible survival improvement. Trial registration: ChiCTR1900026240 Clinical trial information: ChiCTR1900026240.


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